Research Publication Roundup: Summer 2017

August 1, 2017

A vibrant and collaborative interdisciplinary research culture at the UNC School of Media and Journalism creates new knowledge, advances scholarship and helps reinvent media. Below is a list of recently published or presented scholarship by MJ-school faculty and students.

AWARDS

Powell, W., Dillman Carpentier, F. R. & Oliver, T. FIRE grant for Brown, Male, & Blue: Unmasking Depression and Suicide Risk among Boys and Young Men of Color.The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, along with the Institute for the Arts and Humanities have recently awarded Dr. Wizdom Powell (lead researcher, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health), Francesca Dillman Carpentier and Terence Oliver (UNC MJ-school) a FIRE grant. The proposal entitled Brown, Male, & Blue: Unmasking Depression and Suicide Risk among Boys and Young Men of Color, is one of only three proposals funded this year. The grant, in the amount of $25,000, is to develop a series of online videos that feature the voices of young men from the inner city. The videos will break the silence about mental health among men of color, challenge existing stereotypes, and give hope through stories of overcoming struggles and achieving success.